happening now, breaking news. united states conducts another retaliatory strike in the wake of that deadly attack on american forces in jordan. u.s. officials confirmed the operation successfully targeted and killed an iran-backed militia commander in baghdad. also breaking tonight, more chaos on capitol hill. the united states senate rejecting the bipartisan border bill despite months of negotiations. what the sudden failure can also mean for aid to ukraine and israel. plus, final preparations for tomorrow s unprecedented u.s. supreme court arguments on donald trump s colorado ballot ban. we have exclusive new reporting on the trump team s strategy just ahead of the historic hearing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up tonight, breaking news. the united states launching a targeted retaliatory strike against an iran backed militia commander blamed for a
Stephanie ruhle, all here for msnbcs special coverage of these Court Arguments on the disqualification of donald trump. Welcome to our Primetime Recap of the historic proceedings that the United States Supreme Court. I am Rachel Maddow at msnbc home base along with my beloved colleagues, Lawrence Odonnell, and joy reid, and chris hayes, happy to have you all here. No cameras are allowed in federal courtrooms, including the United States Supreme Court, but today, for the arguments about whether china for having an insurrection against the u. S. Government, the justices did allow for the sound of the proceedings, the audio, to be livestreamed here on msnbc, we carried the audio of those Oral Arguments live unfold. That was starting just after 10 am eastern time. But we also know that people have lives, jobs, school, other responsibilities and might make it hard to take two hours out of a thursday to stare at an Audio Speaker for hours trying to figure out of that was gorsuch, or a Leader
former president trump asserts that there was a politicized process that resulted in his prosecution related to classified documents and other things? so for the public, if democrats and this administration say trust the department of justice, trust the institutions, but you re also arguing here gratuitous political cheap shots and false assertions. how are they to process this? i talked about this a minute ago, and i think, you know, when you have the former attorney general, when you have the former acting fbi director, when you have the former general counsel of the fbi, you know, these are experienced people at the justice department who spent decades working at the justice department and they re saying it s gratuitous, this isn t appropriate. this is inconsistent with the doj policy and practice. that s them saying it. we agree. you heard the president speak forcefully about this last night. you heard the vice president speak forcefully about this today. we agree that
statement, just moments ago from former president donald trump describing this as a double standard. of course, cnn will keep you posted with the very latest and send you to jake tapper with the lead. the breaking news, the special counsel with harsh words, but no criminal charges for president biden. the lead starts right now. a rather scathing report out from special counsel robert hur noting that president biden also held onto classified documents, but unlike in donald trump s case, he will not face charges. this sites in part biden s age and faulty memory, making him sympathetic and difficult to prosecute. we will dive into this breaking news report. donald trump s rather good day at the u.s. supreme court, his legal team arguing why he should be kept on the ballot in colorado and beyond. the plaintiff and her attorney on the case will join us live. a jarring ruling for former trump advisor peter navarro. welcome to the lead. off the bat today, two big sto
just say, your point is that there s no ambiguity with having a list and not having president in it with having a history that suggests they were really focussed on local concerns in the south, with this conversation where the legislators actually discussed what looked like an ambiguity, you are saying there s no ambiguity in section 3? let me take the point specifically about electors and senators, if i might. yes. that might be important. presidential electors were not covered, because they don t hold an office. they vote. i m talking about the barred office part of this. exactly. the barred if you want to include everybody, first you have to suppress phi presidential electors. they wouldn t fall under any office. secretary of all, senators and representatives don t hold office either. the constitution tells us that and refers to them as holding seats, not offices. you want to make sure there s no doubt that senators and representatives are covered given the con